Even though it is a day for you to celebrate, I have a lot of exciting news to report to you. Price Increases… I will get straight to the best news…increased payouts! Starting November 6th, all of our payouts, for all levels, for all types of insurance are going up…as much as $3.10. For a detailed breakdown of the new prices visit - http://www.hometownquotes.com/affiliates/terms.html#pay As you can, all lines of insurance for all levels are at their highest payouts ever! Site Changes… We are constantly working to improve our web site to improve conversions. As we enter a natural slow down in traffic, our experimenting goes up. We will be experimenting with some new forms and new creatives on our internal marketing and hope to unveil the results in time for the busiest month of the year…January! On the affiliate side, you will notice some small changes when you login. Our hope is to make your tracking and reports easier than ever to run and keep up with. Send us Your Tracking Codes… Want to keep track of your keyword performance? Send us your tracking codes for Google, Overture, or MSN and we will place them on our thank you pages. Not sure how to do this? Just give us a call or shoot us an email and we will be more than happy to help! Keywords Lists… For all you PPC junkies out there, we have finally compiled all of our keyword lists for you. These are some suggested keywords and negative keywords. We are currently working to update and tweak the negative keywords list, but the one below will certainly be a good start. Many have asked “what the heck is a negative keyword?” I found a great answer and resource for utilizing it here - http://adwords.blogspot.com/2005/07/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know.html Auto Keywords - http://www.hometownquotes.com/affiliates/auto-keywords.html New Team Member… Starting just in time for your increased payouts will be a new team member for our affiliate program here, Paul Cuiffo, who starts tomorrow! Paul is a long-time friend of mine and a great guy to work with. Paul will be here almost as much as I am and will always be available if you have any questions or concerns. Paul’s email is paul@hometownquotes.com and his phone number at least temporarily is the same as mine (we are in a one month limbo in our current offices as we move to our new digs next month!) I do guess that is all for now, but as always, if you need anything, give me a call, shoot me an email or hit me up on Instant Messenger! All the best, Matt McWilliams 800-820-2981 ext 11 |
